Inyo County Spelling Bee results

Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer and Assistant Superintendent Pamela Jones are pleased to announce that Noah Keathley from Owens Valley High School won first place in the high school division and Kennah Davis from Round Valley School won first place in the elementary/middle school division of the Inyo County Spelling Bee, sponsored by Altrusa.

Thirty-five students from nine local elementary, middle and high schools participated in the 2013 countywide Spelling Bee on Thursday night, December 6th at Jill Kinmont Boothe School. Twenty-seven students made it to the final rounds. The winners of the competition were:

HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

1st Place Noah Keathley Owens Valley

2nd Place Lacie Jones Lone Pine

3rd Place Ginger Perez Bishop

The winning word was: archetype. Other high school contestants included: Alyson Mills and Cianni Benson from Owens Valley, Justin Acevedo and Abby Southey from Lone Pine, Aaron Lamb from Bishop and Elizabeth Richards from Big Pine.

The local Altrusa chapter sponsored the competition and Sara Sheehan was on hand to distribute awards to students. Robin Hastie and Pete Korngiebel judged the competition. Liz McAteer graciously accepted the position as the Pronouncer for this year’s competition.

Pamela Jones was the Spell Master for the Preliminary Written Competition. A special thank you goes to Round Valley Parent Organization for donating $5 to the “last person standing” from each of the nine districts competing.

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